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Sisters for Heart Health: A Community Health Worker Initiative for Improving Heart Health in Farmworker Women

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Sex
Female only
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests whether support from peers and help finding community services can lower stress and improve heart health. It is for rural, low-income farmworker women ages 18–50. Researchers will compare this community health worker-led program with a basic program that offers a heart health check and information about resources.

The goal of this hybrid Type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial is to test the extent to which a peer support and community resource navigation intervention improves psychological well-being, addresses non-biologic drivers of health (access to healthcare, supportive services, nutrition, housing stability, transportation, chronic stress, social support), and thus reduces cardiometabolic risk among rural, low-income farmworker women aged 18-50 years. The main questions it aims to answer are: * If and to what extent does the intervention reduce stress, social isolation, and psychological distress by improving social support and access to needed resources? * If and to what extent does the intervention improve cardiometabolic health, measured by the American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 (LE8) score? Researchers will compare the CHW-led Sisters for Heart Health intervention to a Basic intervention (LE8 assessment and resource information) to assess the effect of peer support and community resource navigation on heart health outcomes.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Identify as female and work as a farmworker.
  • Speak and understand Spanish or English fluently.
  • Plan to stay in the study area for at least 6 months.

Who can't join

  • Have a condition affecting thinking or mental health that prevents you from agreeing to join or taking part in the study. This may be due to substance use, a brain or nerve disorder, or another disorder.
  • Are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Self-identified female employed as a farmworker; * Fluent in Spanish or English verbal literacy * Planning to be in the geographic area for a minimum of 6 months. Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive or psychological impairment precluding informed consent and/or active participation in the study due to substance use, neurologic, or other disorder * Pregnant or breastfeeding.

Study sites (1)

GA